On February 9, 2022, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (“Senate Agriculture Committee”) hosted a virtual hearing entitled, “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation.” The hearing focused…
On February 15, 2022, House Financial Services Committee member Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) released a discussion draft of a bill (the “bill”) that would create bank-like regulation for stablecoin issuers.…
Originally Published: February 17, 2022 Update: February 22, 2022 Last week, in a speech at the U.S Monetary Policy Forum in New York, FRB Governor Lael Brainard continued to tout the…
Although the policy outlook remains uncertain, more policymakers are encouraging bank-like regulation for stablecoin issuers. Following on the November 2021 stablecoin report (the “Stablecoin Report”) issued by the President’s Working…
The Banking Group of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP would like to welcome you to its newest client tool, the Debevoise Fintech Blog. The goal of the blog is to help…
The inter-agency crypto-asset policy sprint initiative has finally taken off. This morning the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency…
On November 21, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) published a letter “clarifying” that certain cryptocurrency, distributed ledger and stablecoin activities addressed in three prior interpretive…
On November 9, 2021, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “BCBS”) issued a press release that, among other things, reiterated its commitment to developing a “conservative risk-based global minimum…
On November 1, 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets,[1] the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, the “Financial…
On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued a sweeping Executive Order (the “Order”)[1] on competition. While the Order is directed to agencies across the federal government and will have wide-ranging…